Wreckage
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Post by Wreckage on Aug 6, 2011 1:12:37 GMT -5
Wreckage pays Starscream's warning little heed. Pain is an incidental; he will manage.
But having data forcibly fed to his processors hurts in an unusual new way and for a split second, Wreckage staggers at the influx. It takes him a moment longer to pick out the trajectory and coordinates from the stream and brace himself against the drag of trying to aim his entire upper body with Starscream still grabbing his face. In the blackness, he locks onto the point where Starscream tells him, in bytes and binary, Gigatron stands, and he opens fire.
In that same blackness, his rage burns white-hot, filling the parts of his mind not focused on the targeting feed. Starscream should take care, lest he be singed.
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Post by Sable Conolly on Aug 6, 2011 21:22:38 GMT -5
Scourge was, if anyone cares to look at the security tapes, on the opposite side of the ship, and there are tyre marks all over the floors now, the faint singed scent of burned rubber clinging to him like dark on a shadow. He transforms up with a murderous growl of, "Scourge, transform," and his trailer starts to unfold behind him.
Then he promptly and without preamble turns to face Overlord and screams, "Ultimate barrage attack!"
(Doesn't Scourge not need to use voice commands anymore?)
His unfolded trailer base, his plasma gun, and his shoulder missiles all come out to bear.
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Overlord
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Post by Overlord on Aug 6, 2011 22:49:18 GMT -5
Wreckage's fire tickles. Perhaps Overlord giggles. It'll buff out, or it won't, but either way, it doesn't matter.
Overlord watches as Scourge's base unfolds, and then, at just the right moment, he strikes like a snake. He wraps one hand around Scourge's waist and impales the tanker truck on his own large rocket, pulling his hand back just in time to watch Scourge explode. The ghost of a smile touches his lips, even as ash sullies his frame.
He shakes his hand off and turns to Starscream, fairly beaming, and he announces, "I give you the gift of succession."
As the smoke clears, Scourge is revealed, still alive, but a complete and utter wreck. He'll die soon, without medical help. All Starscream has to do is just stand there and do nothing. Starscream doesn't even have to man up and slit Scourge's throat, though that would certainly help speed him along.
Overlord reaches for Starscream's chin, trying to force Starscream to look at his handiwork.
OOC: Multiple attacks and thrashing of Scourge done with player permission.
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Post by Bruticus on Aug 7, 2011 16:00:27 GMT -5
Hellbender does not need to worry. Something big catches him before he can drift off into space, and the giant hand is kind enough to dump him in an airlock.
It is a kindness that won't be shown to Overlord.
Just as that black hand reaches for Starscream, a gigantic white mass with purple stripes comes in through the hole in the hull. Large fingers lock around Overlord's torso and yanks him out into space, where the giant finds a titan looking down at him, with a red visor that burns with blind rage.
//Bruticus....HATE...GIGATRON!//
The Combaticon gestalt grunts as he raises his other hand, ready to grab his legs so that he may attempt to simply rip him apart.
//Bruticus...CRUSH...GIGATRON!//
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OOC: Handling of Hellbender and Overlord done with player permission.
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Post by Starscream (Movie) on Aug 7, 2011 17:05:45 GMT -5
Starscream isn't used to interfacing directly with another Transformer's systems, and there's feedback from Wreckage. Goodness, but the Stryker is an angry one. It must come with the heavy combat body-type. At least he keeps his rage in check, unlike a certain other soldier who shall remain nameless, but is currently nailed to the wall with his own pieces.
. . . The shot doesn't do anything? Come on! Wreckage has a giant gun in his chest!
And then Scourge is there, throwing everything he has at Overlord, not that Starscream has the time to give him more than a glance out of the corner of his optic, because taking his eyes off the planet-killer would be foolish. And then there's an explosion and there's shrapnel everywhere and the shrapnel is black, not blue. Scrap. Starscream chances a look.
Overlord grabs his chin, turns hims around, none too gently. Starscream's claws scrape across Wreckage's face as he's dragged away, grabbing reflexively in the effort not to be moved. Once he no longer has a handhold, he grabs Overlord's wrist with both hands. This is humiliating.
This is not how he wanted to gain command. The convenience of Scourge dying valiantly in battle without Starscream having to lift a finger is nice. But he's not dead, he's alive. And, if anyone else is left alive to watch it, the security footage of this battle is going to get watched over and over again. If Starscream lets Scourge die, everyone will know.
Then Starscream sees motion out of the corner of his eye, yet again. This time it's behind the planet-killer, and even more massive than he. Remember that smile on Starscream's face, Overlord. It's not an expression he makes often. The jetformer extends his wristblades and stabs at 'Gigatron's' wrist joint, attempting to hook the blades under the seams in the other Decepticon's armor, for all the good it'll do.
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Wreckage
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Post by Wreckage on Aug 12, 2011 10:43:50 GMT -5
Gigatron's voice is very near, Wreckage realises – near enough to strike – and then Starscream pulls away unwillingly if his grip is any indicator, claws ripping at Wreckage's face and pulling loose several plates so that long, ragged gashes break the symmetry almost from lip to golden crest. Wreckage wheels about, reacting, lashing out with one blade where he heard the traitor speak. He seems to hit nothing but air as a sound like the soul of anger itself thunders over the radio.
Wreckage himself is so infuriated he could scream, if only he could allow himself that slip.
//Bonecrusher! Can you see? Tell me what is happening!// A rage-driven short circuit sends Wreckage into a shuddering fit as his transform gears engage halfway before stuttering to a halt.
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Post by Bonecrusher/Bane Crusher on Aug 13, 2011 10:56:43 GMT -5
Bonecrusher can see just fine. Being pinned to the wall gives him a pretty good view and kept him from getting sucked out into space. And what he sees just makes him hate everybody more. He hates Gigatron for doing what Bonecrusher only dreams of doing. He hates his teammates for being weak enough to let Gigatron beat them to scrap. And he hates that he's just as weak as all of them.
//Everyone's slagged. You're slagged,// Bonecrusher says, incredibly helpfully. After a moment he adds, //Everyone except the giant hand that grabbed Gigatron.//
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Post by Sable Conolly on Aug 14, 2011 20:43:27 GMT -5
Ruination, come to bring salvation! But it's... not Ruination. That's... Bruticus.
Scourge's hope flickers and flags. He slumps against the ruins of his own battle deck, his torso more hole than whole. Blackarachnia will probably cosy up to Starscream now. Maybe she'll cut her organic self on all those sharp, jagged little plates. Scourge wheezes out a static-laden groan of pain.
How long does he have? There are so many damage alerts, he doesn't even know where to start...
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Overlord
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Post by Overlord on Aug 14, 2011 21:01:07 GMT -5
Overlord raises one finger to his putting lower lip, and he lets out a little giggle. He clasps his hands together as Bruticus grabs him up and cries in delight, //I was hoping I'd get to see one of these! I was starting to get bored.//
Combiners are a rare, weird thing in his reality, nearly non-existent. This is a special pleasure and a treat!
One might speculate that combiners are rare because they're an arcane, forbidden technology. One might also speculate that combiners are rare because when one's technology can birth a monster child such as Overlord (such as Sixshot; such as Black Shadow), what need has one for five or six little fellows joining into one?
He reaches for the fingers wrapped around his torso and tries to tear off the index and the pointer, as if making a mockery of an archer. This is Blast Off, isn't it? The shuttle will have a nasty surprise, if he survives.
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Post by Bruticus on Aug 17, 2011 16:49:02 GMT -5
Technically this is just most of Bruticus. However, flying around in space doesn't really require both legs. The giant Transformer is now missing even more pieces, though, as Overlord rips off his fingers.
Bruticus roars in pain, though he still manages to maintain a rather shaky grip on the so-called psychologist with his remaining fingers. The other hand comes around toward Overlord, seeming as deceptively slow as an oncoming storm cloud, still looking to grab his legs and tear him to pieces.
//BRUTICUS MAKE YOU PAY FOR THAT!//
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Post by Starscream (Movie) on Aug 17, 2011 18:45:19 GMT -5
Gigatron seems to be distracted by the combiner. All the better for Starscream. He pries at the other Transformer's wrist joint with his blades, actually managing to pop off the armor plate on the back of his hand, much to his own surprise. Overlord must be surprised too, because he lets go of Starscream.
Starscream . . . immediately goes to Scourge, and hefts the tanker up under his shoulders, dragging him toward the door. "I hope you appreciate this," he hisses, voice low, a stream of lubricant flying out of his mouth. "I could just leave you here." Again with the spitting. Overlord must have damaged some fluid lines in Starscream's jaw when he squeezed his chin. He's not looking forward to spending the next few months giving everyone the weather along with the news.
"Why are you so fragging heavy?" he asks rhetorically of Scourge.
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Post by Sable Conolly on Aug 20, 2011 21:54:26 GMT -5
OOC: Wreckage is timed out, and Bonecrusher's player says he doesn't mind, so...
Scourge is dying, and Starscream takes the time out to call Scourge fat.
This never happens to Megatrons.
Scourge gasps out, almost inaudible, "Redundant... systems."
He's heavy, and that's why he's not dead yet.
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Overlord
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Post by Overlord on Aug 20, 2011 22:27:25 GMT -5
Bruticus wants to play wishbone, does he?
Overlord is not one to have and to hold, however. Those massive severed fingers make decent tonfas in a pinch, and Overlord tries to 'cajole' the combiner into releasing him - by chucking the fingers right at Bruticus's optics. They could neatly nail each optic, perhaps even exit the other side, if Overlord is lucky!
Starscream's showing just how caged he is, that he spurns Overlord's gift and mucks around with saving Scourge's life. Such ingratitude is shameful! This stupid little ship with its inane little crew is a punishment that deserves Starscream as its victim. They can all dream their mundane little dreams together, unaware of what nightmares walk among them.
Say, are they even sure that's Scourge? It could be a simulation. All of this could.
But Overlord's sure. His grip on his reality now is better than it's been in ages.
So he really is fighting a combiner, what rapturous joy!
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Post by Bruticus on Aug 26, 2011 14:13:57 GMT -5
It was truly unfortunate the Bruticus didn’t have the reflexes to dodge things too well. The giant howls, aborting the attempt to pull Overlord apart to clutch blindly at his optic. This is just not an encounter he’s enjoying quite as much!
Enraged beyond speech, the gestalt instinctively tries to smash Overlord repeatedly against the hull, fluid and glass from his shattered optics drifting around his head. It’s a surprise Bruticus hasn’t fallen apart yet, really. The giant had come apart under far less strenuous circumstances and for sillier reasons.
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Post by Starscream (Movie) on Aug 27, 2011 18:01:34 GMT -5
Heavy is not the same thing as fat. Scourge has more armor plating than Transformers from Starscream's reality. Armor plating is heavy, but Starscream keeps dragging Scourge toward the door anyway.
"Redundant systems," Starscream hisses, fluid dribbling down his mouthparts. Redundant systems are the difference between Scourge dying nobly in battle and Starscream naturally succeeding him, and Starscream leaving Scourge to die where everyone can see. The Fallen take all redundant systems.
"Bruticus!" the jetformer shouts. It's an exclamation of surprise, not anger. Can nothing kill this monster?
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